11 weeks out, day 3, squats and deadlift assistance

Strange session but a good one. Felt a bit under recovered from deadlifts and bench presses the previous two days but in a good way. Still, I didn't know what to expect tonight since my squat session on Sunday wasn't that great. Unfortunately the only rack available faced a mirror but I took plenty of mental snapshot selfies for the "I love myself" spank bank so I had that going for me.

Low bar squats ended up going far better than I would've expected. For as creaky and somewhat sore I felt prior to the workout, my squats felt very strong. The bar moved very well and there was no hint of how I felt earlier in the day. I was able to get my top work set of 425x3 for 5 sets. The 15 total reps with 425 was more than double the amount of work I was able to do last week. None of the sets were grinders. Not sure if it was just a good day or a sign of a new plateau. Next week I'll bump up my triple weight if 425x3 moves as fast as it did tonight.

After squats, I upped the weight and reps for the squat walkout/lockout work and finished up with a slight increase in weight for my stiff legged deadlifts.

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